John Steinbeck wrote The Winter of Our Discontent.
Ethan Hawley lives on Long Island with his wife, Mary, and his two kids, Allen and Ellen. Through most of the book, Ethan is depressed and stressed over life. Margie Young-Hunt won't leave him alone and tries to get him to cheat on his wife. His wife and kids put a lot of stress on him due to the lack of money in the house hold, which gives him an awkward relationship with them. Ethan tries to be "someone" in his town like his family used to be. The Hawley family used to be wealthy and powerful, something Ethan did not get.
He works at a grocery store that he used to own. Now the store is being run by an Italian Immigrant, who Ethan later finds out is an illegal alien. Ethan turns him into the Immigration and Naturalization Service and receives his store back.
Ethan's childhood best friend is the town drunk now. Ethan gives him a dollar every now and then just to show that he cares about him. Finally, he gives Danny enough to get severely drunk, and he dies. Before Danny died though, Ethan and Danny had an agreement, and Ethan inherited a large piece of land that belonged to him. This inheritance finally makes Ethan someone special in the town, but he is still not happy.
He contemplates suicide a few times but decides against it. Even though he knows that his family will never want again, he is still not satisfied with his life.
In this book, Steinbeck uses Ethan as an example of the rest of the world in those days. There were many problems back then, as there is today. Steinbeck wrote about how life seems like there is no point in continuing on, but then he finds hope. Depression was a common feeling back then due to conflicts in the world and it seemed as if there was no reason to live. Finally, something shown him hope.
John Steinbeck wrote Travel With Charley
This book is about a road trip around the United Sates that Steinbeck took with his poodle, Charley, in 1960.So in this story the setting is always changing. He diecided that he wanted to see America since he had been making a life writing about it and never really saw the real America. He started his trip in Long Island, New York where he lived. Then he traveled to Connecticut. Then he went form Connecticut on the Maine and talked to some of the local people and hung out with them. Then he made his way up to Niagra Falls and to some other Midwestern cities and talked to some of the local people. He notced how peoples attitudes about things changed from state to state. Then he went to Wisconcin and then to Montana. He siad he loved Montana because he said MOntana is really affected by the media. Then he went to The Rocky Mountains and imagined how the early explorers must have felt. Then he wen tto Wastington, and then To California where he use to live when he was little. Then he made his way to Texas where Charley got sick. Then he went to New Orleans and saw the racism of the South. Then he made his way home. Overall his trip took him near;y 10,000 miles along the outside of the United States.
Steinbeck
John Steinbeck wrote The Winter of Our Discontent.Ethan Hawley lives on Long Island with his wife, Mary, and his two kids, Allen and Ellen. Through most of the book, Ethan is depressed and stressed over life. Margie Young-Hunt won't leave him alone and tries to get him to cheat on his wife. His wife and kids put a lot of stress on him due to the lack of money in the house hold, which gives him an awkward relationship with them. Ethan tries to be "someone" in his town like his family used to be. The Hawley family used to be wealthy and powerful, something Ethan did not get.
He works at a grocery store that he used to own. Now the store is being run by an Italian Immigrant, who Ethan later finds out is an illegal alien. Ethan turns him into the Immigration and Naturalization Service and receives his store back.
Ethan's childhood best friend is the town drunk now. Ethan gives him a dollar every now and then just to show that he cares about him. Finally, he gives Danny enough to get severely drunk, and he dies. Before Danny died though, Ethan and Danny had an agreement, and Ethan inherited a large piece of land that belonged to him. This inheritance finally makes Ethan someone special in the town, but he is still not happy.
He contemplates suicide a few times but decides against it. Even though he knows that his family will never want again, he is still not satisfied with his life.
In this book, Steinbeck uses Ethan as an example of the rest of the world in those days. There were many problems back then, as there is today. Steinbeck wrote about how life seems like there is no point in continuing on, but then he finds hope. Depression was a common feeling back then due to conflicts in the world and it seemed as if there was no reason to live. Finally, something shown him hope.
John Steinbeck wrote Travel With Charley
This book is about a road trip around the United Sates that Steinbeck took with his poodle, Charley, in 1960.So in this story the setting is always changing. He diecided that he wanted to see America since he had been making a life writing about it and never really saw the real America. He started his trip in Long Island, New York where he lived. Then he traveled to Connecticut. Then he went form Connecticut on the Maine and talked to some of the local people and hung out with them. Then he made his way up to Niagra Falls and to some other Midwestern cities and talked to some of the local people. He notced how peoples attitudes about things changed from state to state. Then he went to Wisconcin and then to Montana. He siad he loved Montana because he said MOntana is really affected by the media. Then he went to The Rocky Mountains and imagined how the early explorers must have felt. Then he wen tto Wastington, and then To California where he use to live when he was little. Then he made his way to Texas where Charley got sick. Then he went to New Orleans and saw the racism of the South. Then he made his way home. Overall his trip took him near;y 10,000 miles along the outside of the United States.